--- title: "300 Harrow Road Affordable Workspace Opportunity" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078aab" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078aab" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078aab.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078aab.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Westminster City Council" published: "2026-10-19" --- # 300 Harrow Road Affordable Workspace Opportunity Buyer: Westminster City Council Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078aab [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078aab) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078aab.json) ## Summary Westminster City Council is exploring the appointment of an organisation, partnership or operator to lease and manage the ground-floor commercial space at 300 Harrow Road, London. The work is commercial property management and real estate services. The intended purpose is to create an affordable, welcoming and commercially sustainable place supporting small businesses, start-ups, local employment, skills and community activity. The premises have an E Class designation, and the Council is keeping their potential use flexible. Ideas could combine affordable workspace for small and growing businesses with community-facing activities such as food and drink, events, meetings or training, alongside business support and networking. The space is intended to work with residents and local organisations. This is at the planning stage: the Council is testing market interest and gathering feedback before finalising requirements; there is no invitation to tender yet. The Council expects to publish a future notice by 18 December 2026. The market engagement is scheduled through 13 November 2026; this is an engagement date, not a tender submission deadline. The planned contract period runs from 1 October 2027 to 1 October 2042. The procurement is shown as a single lot. No procurement procedure or evaluation basis has yet been set out. The stated estimated value is £0, so no positive contract value is indicated. Engagement responses will not commit participants to a later bid or give them an advantage in the tender. This is relevant to operators and organisations able to lease and manage affordable workspace, including partnerships combining commercial property management with enterprise or community services. The Council is looking for practical, creative proposals for how to use and activate a flexible E Class space, rather than a narrowly defined single-purpose offer. Strong preparation would include a financially realistic operating model that can sustain the space over the proposed term, and the ability to provide affordable workspace for small and growing businesses. The Council also wants the offer to support local employment and skills, business mentoring and networking, and community activity such as events, meetings, training or food and drink. Approaches that work constructively with residents and local organisations fit the stated aims. ## Notice This is a market engagament excersise to find suitable operators who can lease the workspace at 300 Harrow Road. ### Planning Information Westminster City Council is exploring the appointment of an organisation, partnership or operator to occupy and manage the ground-floor commercial space at 300 Harrow Road. The aim is to create an affordable, welcoming and commercially sustainable place that supports small businesses, start-ups, local employment, skills and community activity. The Council is deliberately keeping the potential use of the overall space flexible. The premises benefit from an E Class designation, and the Council wants to hear practical and creative ideas for how the space could be used, managed and activated while meeting the affordable workspace obligations. • A flexible enterprise or affordable workspace offer for small and growing businesses. • A community-facing element, which could include food and drink, events, meetings, training or other compatible activity. • Business support, networking, mentoring, employment and skills opportunities. • A space that works with residents, local organisations. • A financially realistic operating model that can support the space over the proposed term. This EOI is intended to test market interest and gather feedback before the Council finalises the tender requirements. Responding will not commit you to bid, and it will not give any advantage in the later tender. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098444-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 18 Dec 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Oct 2027 - 1 Oct 2042 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Westminster City Council | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | South West London | | Postcode | SW1E 6QP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLI32 Westminster | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 70 - Real estate services ### Codes - 70000000 - Real estate services - 70332200 - Commercial property management services ## Release History - 19 Oct 2026 at 12:30 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098444-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098444-2026 19th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.westminster.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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